Thursday, March 29, 2012

While searching a bag this morning at Philadelphia International Airport,
our Officers discovered some suspicious items that were spotted on the X-ray
monitor during screening. Using the better safe than sorry philosophy,
the D-E checkpoint was closed since the incident involved possible explosives.

Passengers were moved to a safe distance while the Philadelphia Police
Department Bomb Squad safely removed the items, which included a water bottle
wrapped in black electrical tape and filled with flash powder, and three M-80
fireworks. We were unable to share the photograph due to an ongoing
investigation, but hope to be able to share it in the future.

The passenger was arrested and is currently in the custody of Philadelphia
Police.

If you read our TSA Week in Review blog posts, you know that our Officers routinely find
dangerous and odd items, and this discovery is another great example of our Officers remaining alert and preventing a very dangerous item from being taken
aboard the plane.

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